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Hidden Inside: A Gripping Psychological Thriller About Coercion, Trust and Terrifying Secrets.
360 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 29, 2026
About the author
Paul Gorry
110 booksPaul Gorry is an interdisciplinary artist, who has created successful and award winning art in many different forms. From art commissions hung in the the newly refurbished Abbey Road Studios in London, to screenplays & number 1 hit single productions.
Paul is now focussed heavily on writing, with his his debut fictional novel ‘How to bury cars’ becoming a best-seller and receiving 5 star reviews worldwide in 2023.
Paul has been writing constantly ever since and lives on a farm in England with his wife and children.
Paul is now focussed heavily on writing, with his his debut fictional novel ‘How to bury cars’ becoming a best-seller and receiving 5 star reviews worldwide in 2023.
Paul has been writing constantly ever since and lives on a farm in England with his wife and children.
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September 19, 2026
A tense, very readable psychological thriller
I was pulled in quickly by the opening of Hidden Inside. What worked particularly well for me was that the threat doesn’t come from anything overly dramatic at first. It comes through phone calls, messages, small invasions of privacy and the feeling that Rachel’s ex, Daniel, still believes he has a right to her time and attention. That made the coercive-control element feel unsettlingly believable.
Rachel is easy to sympathise with, especially in the way she keeps minimising Daniel’s behaviour even while clearly being frightened by it. I also liked the contrast between that tension and her developing relationship with William. Their dialogue is light and often genuinely funny, and Sophie adds warmth without feeling like she is there purely to be cute. The accident that brings Rachel and William together is a slightly convenient setup, and their connection develops quite quickly, but I found myself enjoying their scenes enough not to mind too much.
The strongest part for me is the psychological detail: Daniel moving things, changing numbers, turning up unexpectedly and making Rachel question whether she is overreacting. Those relatively ordinary behaviours are more disturbing than a stereotypical thriller villain would have been.
I was pulled in quickly by the opening of Hidden Inside. What worked particularly well for me was that the threat doesn’t come from anything overly dramatic at first. It comes through phone calls, messages, small invasions of privacy and the feeling that Rachel’s ex, Daniel, still believes he has a right to her time and attention. That made the coercive-control element feel unsettlingly believable.
Rachel is easy to sympathise with, especially in the way she keeps minimising Daniel’s behaviour even while clearly being frightened by it. I also liked the contrast between that tension and her developing relationship with William. Their dialogue is light and often genuinely funny, and Sophie adds warmth without feeling like she is there purely to be cute. The accident that brings Rachel and William together is a slightly convenient setup, and their connection develops quite quickly, but I found myself enjoying their scenes enough not to mind too much.
The strongest part for me is the psychological detail: Daniel moving things, changing numbers, turning up unexpectedly and making Rachel question whether she is overreacting. Those relatively ordinary behaviours are more disturbing than a stereotypical thriller villain would have been.
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